Billabong Zoo is a wildlife park and koala breeding centre located in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. It was opened in 1986, and features a wide variety of Australian and exotic animals.
History The park was opened in 1986, and was a major breeding centre for koalas. Starting in 2005, new ownership of the park has seen it move from simply breeding koalas to a more common wildlife park.
Exhibits The park contains a number of native and exotic animals.
African lion Asian small-clawed otter Bare-nosed wombat Black-handed spider monkey Blue-and-gold macaw Blue-fronted amazon Bush stone-curlew Cheetah Common death adder Common marmoset Cotton-top tamarin Dingo Eastern grey kangaroo Eastern quoll Emu Fennec fox Fijian crested iguana Glossy black cockatoo Green and golden bell frog Green iguana Indian star tortoise Koala Little penguin Lumholtz's tree-kangaroo Meerkat Orange-bellied parrot Pygmy bearded dragon Red panda Red-necked wallaby Saltwater crocodile Snow leopard Southern cassowary Southern hairy-nosed wombat
Facilities
The park also contains picnic barbeques, gardens, and billabongs (small lakes) covered with water lilies and stocked with koi carp and a visiting speckled longfin eel. It also features a café in the main entrance building.
Education The park has a number of education talks through the day including a koala photo session.
Conservation The park breeds koalas to send to other zoos in the Australasian breeding program.
In 2011 the park joined the Zoo and Aquarium Association and has participated in a number of species management programs including koalas and snow leopards.
See also Taronga Zoo
References
External links